Hampton Inn & Suites

Exterior photo of the Hampton Inn & Suites in Truckee, CA

Located in Truckee, CA, a popular recreational destination for Bay Area travelers. The property is situated near popular tourist attractions and prime destinations such as Northstar and Palisades Tahoe ski resorts, Martis Camp, downtown Truckee, and a host of outdoor activities. Conveniently located near major transportation routes including I-80, CA 267, the Truckee Airport, as well as newly constructed bike lanes.

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Sawyer Hotel & Residences

The Sawyer Exterior

Sawyer Hotel & Residences

The Sawyer Hotel and Residences at the Sawyer are the centerpieces of Downtown Commons (“DoCo”), a 1,000,000 sf JMA mixed-use development surrounding Golden 1 Center, home to the NBA’s Sacramento Kings. The Sawyer and DoCo were developed in a joint venture with the Sacramento Kings and was designed to leverage activity from the 17,500 seat Arena and its CBD location four blocks from the State Capitol Building.

Asset Type

Hotel

Acquired

2012

DEVELOPED

2017

Scope

250 keys, 22,000 SF of meeting space, 45 for sale residences

Key Investment Thesis

Leverage the adjacency to the new Golden1 Center, home to the Sacramento Kings, and prime location in the heart of Sacramento’s CBD, to develop a best-in-market boutique lifestyle hotel and luxury residences with hotel services that would deliver significant premiums over the then-current room rates residential sales per SF.

  • Kimpton Sawyer Hotel – positioned as Downtown Sacramento’s rate and luxury leader, focused on the customer base and active environment derived from Arena events and an NBA affiliation in an already strong occupancy market.
  • Residences at the Sawyer – develop a residential product that did not previously exist in the market including high rise views, hotel amenities, and a prime downtown location. There is no other competitive Residential luxury product in the market.

JMA Value Creation

Downtown Commons has been a catalyst for redefining downtown Sacramento. It has transformed the once-blighted area into a fully-activated, vibrant urban core that promotes foot traffic and collaboration. JMA Ventures worked closely with the Sacramento Kings to create an ecosystem for the Kings’ organization that includes the Kings Arena, practice facilities, Class-A office headquarters, merchandise stores, and ancillary uses while also incorporating other private uses that coexist and complement their operations. JMA’s roles included the following:
Master developer for the entire entertainment sports complex and developer for the mixed-use components
Performed acquisition diligence of site
Managed development and construction
Hired and managed design team to deliver the project with favorable economics
Delivered hotel partnership with national hotel operator
Led construction financing and take-out financing efforts
Provided overall asset management, including retail & office leasing, and financial oversight

Homewood High & Dry Marina

Homewood High & Dry Marina

Homewood, CA

Homewood High & Dry Marina consists of a large boat storage, repair shop, retail and office space. The harbor features four launch bays, three fueling stations with a public fuel dock, two DC fast chargers for on-the-water electric boat charging, two eFoil charging stations, and a head pump out station.

Asset Type

Marina

Acquired

2016

Scope

Lakefront Marina Storage

Key Investment Thesis

Located along the beautiful shoreline of Lake Tahoe, CA Homewood High & Dry Marina has been serving the Lake Tahoe area since 1967 and was the first marina in Lake Tahoe to utilize dry rack storage. Positioned nearly at the center of the incredible West Shore, the Marina consists of indoor and outdoor dry rack storage, and on-the-water buoy storage with the ability to store over 250 boats onsite. Storage is available annually, seasonally, and short-term, including monthly, weekly, and daily. In addition, the Homewood High & Dry Marina features a harbor with four launch bays, three fueling stations with a public fuel dock, two DC fast chargers for on-the-water electric boat charging, two eFoil charging stations, and a head pump out station.

The Marina is home to a large onsite service and repair shop. From boat repairs and cleaning, to launch and fuel, the team prides themselves as “vacation savers,” jumping on mid-season boat repairs to get customers back on the water as soon as possible. As a PCM Premier Dealer, with Volvo Penta and Mercury Marine certified technicians, their Service Department has over 40 years of combined boat service experience.

Along with storage and service, the Marina works with partners to provide boat sales and boat rentals. Boats are available for purchase and demo onsite through Homewood Marina’s sales partner Superior Boat Repair & Sales. Brands feature Nautique known for ski, surf and recreational boats and Barletta featuring top-of-the-line pontoons. The public has the opportunity to get out on the water from the Marina’s harbor through boat rental partners High Sierra Waterski School and SWA Watersports.

Building upon its track record of environmental stewardship and innovation Homewood High & Dry Marina, in conjunction with Superior Boat Repair & Sales and Nautique, powered by Ingenity, worked for over three years on bringing the world’s first 100% electric watersport boat to Lake Tahoe. In the summer of 2020, the Nautique GS22E plugged into Lake Tahoe’s first on-water electric boat charging station at the Marina. The Marina continues to lead the charge on environmental stewardship with their Clean Marina certification, supporting the Clean Up the Lake effort, and participating in the Eyes on the Lake program.

 

JMA Value Creation

Acquisition due diligence and feasibility analysis of the entire development site
Development and construction management
JMA in-house specialists worked hand-in hand with contractors and designers on redevelopment concept
Sourced and negotiated sponsorship from Fairmont to be the brand and manager of the 54 fractional hotel project
Asset managed all aspects of the project including retail lease and financial oversight
Hired and currently manage a JMA inhouse sales team for the fractional sales of the Fairmont Heritage Place

45 Third Street

45 Third Street

Mixed-Use Tower

San Francisco, CA

Entitlement of a signature mixed-use tower with hotel and residential as the focal point of project in the heart of Downtown San Francisco.

Asset Type

Hotel / Residential / Mixed-use

Acquired

Option Agreement executed 2020

DEVELOPED

TBD Development Start

Scope

600’ Mixed-use Tower

Key Investment Thesis

With a location at the convergence of business and tourist activity in San Francisco and a desirable housing and hospitality mixed use profile, 45 Third Street is poised to be one of the beneficiaries of San Francisco’s push to support new large housing-oriented developments in the City core.

 

JMA Value Creation

JMA and its partner Build Inc. were selected by the Hearst Corporation as the optionee after a highly competitive RFP process involving some of the largest and most highly regarded tower developers in the nation

Developed project concept, programming and design alongside international design firm Skidmore Owings & Merrill

Submitted project preliminary application to San Francisco Planning Department to move forward entitlement process and full entitlement
Engaged with world class membership based residential operator on 45 Third project branding and programming

Epic / Waterbar Restaurants

Waterbar & Epic Steak

(369-399 Embarcadero)

San Francisco, CA

Two iconic Pat Kuleto restaurants with an unrivaled location on San Francisco’s waterfront over a panoramic coastline view of San Francisco Bay and Bay Bridge.

Asset Type

Commercial

Acquired

2018

Scope

18,000 SF: 2 Restaurants

Key Investment Thesis

Opportunity to develop industry-leading restaurants in a prime waterfront location.

  • Extremely desirable location on the Embarcadero in close proximity to Oracle Park and the Moscone Center
  • Opportunity to partner with restaurateur Pat Kuleto
  • This is a long-term hold project that has increasing ROI year after year

JMA Value Creation

Negotiated a long-term lease with an exceptional restaurant group and developed the property.
Asset management team works with the restaurants to ensure maximum profitability and sustain the position as two of the top-grossing restaurants in San Francisco

Homewood Mountain & Lake Club

Homewood Mountain & Lake Club

Lake Tahoe, CA

Located on Lake Tahoe’s West Shore, Homewood is an operating ski resort on the largest private land holding in the Tahoe basin, allowing for the development of a four-season mountain / lakefront resort community.

Asset Type

Mountain/Lake Resort

Acquired

2006

DEVELOPED

Ongoing

Scope

>1M Buildable SF

Key Investment Thesis

Private ownership of the mountain and lakefront parcels, in conjunction with entitlements obtained by JMA Ventures, enables for a one-of-a-kind residential ski and lake club development.
  • Truly irreplaceable asset in a proven resort market with strong connection to Bay Area.
  • Unlike other luxury ski resorts, Homewood is immediately adjacent to Lake Tahoe, one of the most renowned alpine lake summer destinations in the world.

JMA Value Creation

Completion of multi-agency entitlement process and lakefront assemblage of three separate properties allows for the necessary pivot to a residential resort community in partnership with Discovery Land Company.

Resort redevelopment concepting, planning, and permitting

Capital sourcing for individual development phases

Entitlements vested with commencement of construction in late 2022

Fairmont Heritage Place Ghirardelli Square

Fairmont Heritage Place Ghirardelli Square

San Francisco, CA

Ghirardelli Square is a world-renowned national historic landmark sitting on one of the most coveted waterfront properties in San Francisco. Transformational project given landmark designation of the site and change in tenant mix from tourist centric to high-end.

Asset Type

Hotel / Private Residence Club

Acquired

2004

DEVELOPED

2008

Scope

Mixed use retail (101,000 SF across 12 buildings and 283 parking spaces) and a 53 private residence club.

EXIT

Retail: Sold 2010
Private Residence Club: 2012 / 2020 / 2023

Key Investment Thesis

Ghirardelli Square is a historic San Francisco destination, offering shopping, art galleries, family events, walking tours and more. Steeped in the history of the Ghirardelli chocolate family, dating back to the mid-1800s, Ghirardelli Square was the original site of the family’s chocolate, cocoa, mustard, and box factories. Today, it is a popular destination for visitors and Bay Area residents who desire a unique shopping and dining experience. As one of the first successful mixed-use redevelopment projects in the United States, Ghirardelli Square has been a San Francisco landmark for more than 100 years and to ensure its preservation for future generations, the Square was granted National Historic Register status in 1982. Fairmont Heritage Place opened in 2008 and was Fairmont’s first urban private residence.

JMA Value Creation

Acquisition due diligence and feasibility analysis of the entire development site
Development and construction management
JMA in-house specialists worked hand-in hand with contractors and designers on redevelopment concept
Sourced and negotiated sponsorship from Fairmont to be the brand and manager of the 54 fractional hotel project
Asset managed all aspects of the project including retail lease and financial oversight
Hired and currently manage a JMA inhouse sales team for the fractional sales of the Fairmont Heritage Place

Hearst Hotel Auberge

Hearst Hotel Auberge

San Francisco, CA

Renovation and transformational adaptive re-use of the iconic Hearst Building into the premier luxury hotel, the Hearst Hotel Auberge Collection, in downtown San Francisco.

Asset Type
Hotel
Redevelopment / Conversion

2024

Scope

125 keys

Key Investment Thesis

The Hearst Hotel will address the market void as the only highly differentiated, A+ location luxury hotel in San Francisco, a chronically undersupplied market for luxury product.

  • An irreplaceable location at the corner of 3rd and Market St., landmark building with historic character, and combination of the Hearst and Auberge brands to create an authentic and unique luxury hotel product to fill the market void
  • Ability to deliver what will be the most differentiated hotel in the entire San Francisco market in 2026, when San Francisco hospitality is projected to be fully recovered
  • Luxury hotels, and the Auberge portfolio in particular, have performed exceptionally well throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and are the hotel segment with the strongest secular trends going forward

JMA Value Creation

As a result of 8 years of pre-development, the project is fully entitled, with thorough due diligence and cost exercises and research completed, under an option to enter into an 85-year ground lease agreement with the Hearst Corporation.

JMA secured a management agreement with world class luxury hotel brand and operator Auberge Hotels
Negotiated ground lease structure with the Hearst Corporation that provides significant flexibility to the investment

Engaged renowned interior designer Roman & Williams to design a truly bespoke and unmatched luxury offering

The project is approved by the National Park Service to receive historic tax credits equal to 20% of the eligible project cost
The project is fully approved – CEQA and City entitlements – and past any appeal periods. The extensive entitlement period is further evidence of significant market barriers to entry.
JMA has been able to significantly diligence the project across all key disciplines, including taking steel beam sample for materials testing to verify the structural design and integrity

Downtown Commons

Downtown Commons

Sacramento, CA

Redevelopment of the former Westfield Downtown Plaza in downtown Sacramento into Downtown Commons (“DoCo”), a 1,000,000 SF mixed-use development surrounding Golden 1 Center, home to the NBA’s Sacramento Kings. The project was developed in a joint venture with the Sacramento Kings and was designed to leverage activity from the 17,500-seat Arena and its CBD location four blocks from the State Capitol Building.

  • 300K SF of new retail space
  • New 250-key Kimpton Hotel
  • 45 luxury condo units
  • 120K SF office refurbishment
  • 35K SF state-of-the-art Sacramento Kings Class A office space
  • 332K SF Macy’s full-line department store refurbishment

Asset Type

Arena-Anchored Mixed-Use

Acquired

2012

DEVELOPED

2017

Scope

1,000,000+/- SF

EXIT

  • King’s office sold: 2017
  • Condos sold: 2018-2019
  • 660 J Street sold: 2020

Key Investment Thesis

Leverage the adjacency to the new Golden1 Center, home to the Sacramento Kings, and prime location in the heart of Sacramento’s CBD, to develop a regionally transformative lifestyle mixed-use project that would deliver significant premiums over the then-current market rental rates, hotel room rates, and residential sales per SF.

  • Strategic Location near Traffic Drivers:
    • Golden1 Center Visitation – 200+ Arena events per year / 1,700,000+ visitors, including 42+ Kings games, concerts, family shows, community-oriented events, and other sporting events.
    • Daytime population – 95,000 weekday office population
    • Access – Two blocks from Interstate 5 (nearly 200,000 vehicles per day), four blocks from the regional train depot / future multimodal transit center and served by bus and light rail lines.
  • Retail – position as the dominant entertainment, shopping and dining destination in the urban core leveraging Golden1 Center visitors, office worker population, and proximity to surrounding affluent communities
  • Kimpton Sawyer Hotel – positioned as Downtown Sacramento’s rate and luxury leader, focused on the customer base and active environment derived from Arena events and an NBA affiliation in an already strong occupancy market.
  • Residences at the Sawyer – develop a residential product that did not previously exist in the market including high rise views, hotel amenities, and a prime downtown location. There is no other competitive Residential luxury product in the market.
  • Office – build to suit state-of-the-art office to house Sacramento Kings business operations, adding to the daytime population for the project

JMA Value Creation

Downtown Commons has been a catalyst for redefining downtown Sacramento. It has transformed the once-blighted area into a fully-activated, vibrant urban core that promotes foot traffic and collaboration. JMA Ventures worked closely with the Sacramento Kings to create an ecosystem for the Kings’ organization that includes the Kings Arena, practice facilities, Class-A office headquarters, merchandise stores, and ancillary uses while also incorporating other private uses that coexist and complement their operations. JMA’s roles included the following:
Master developer for the entire entertainment sports complex and developer for the mixed-use components
Performed acquisition diligence of site
Managed development and construction
Hired and managed design team to deliver the project with favorable economics
Delivered hotel partnership with national hotel operator
Led construction financing and take-out financing efforts
Provided overall asset management, including retail & office leasing, and financial oversight